Re: Why not another style thread? (was Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen ..

[Matt Dillon]

:Matt Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
:>     I need something gdb can latch on to.  If the program exits all the state
:>     required to debug the problem goes away.
:
:abort() doesn't exit, it sends a SIGABRT which is caught by gdb.
:
:/assar

    True, except abort() does some really stupid things like close all 
    open streams... it doesn't leave the resulting core file in a debuggable
    state half the time.  In otherwords, it is useless.

                                -Matt



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